Syracuse, NY - Syracuse has more than doubled its revenue from parking tickets since police started disabling scofflaws’ cars with “the boot.”

So it’s likely that the Common Council will approve a proposed two-year extension of a contract with PayLock, the New Jersey company that supplies the boots and associated services in return for 15 percent of the fines from booted motorists.

Since the contract began in 2008, ticket revenue has jumped from about $1.7 million a year to more than $3.8 million, according to figures supplied by Dustin Czarny, director of the parking violations bureau.

Most of the increase comes from motorists who don’t get booted, but presumably pay to avoid the inconvenience, Czarny said.